House car



Jan. 5, 1937. c. H. WILLIAMSON HOUSE CAR Filed July A, 1955 2Sheets-Sheet l O O 0 0 O 0 lllllllbKlllllllllll I ATTX 2 Sheets- Sheet 2Jan. 5, 1937. c. H. WILLIAMSON HOUSE CAR Filed July 5, 1955 CLARENCE HW/LL/AMSOA/ ulelilefl lam. 5, i937 nousn c Clarence H. Williamson,Gleveland, Ohio, assignor to The Youngstown Steel Door Company,Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of (lhio Application .luly 3, 1935,Serial No. 29,710

1 Claim. (@l. 1051409) This invention relates to house cars.

The railroads of this country in the past have been confronted with-.avery serious problem of the effective and economical disposition oftheir railway house cars of single and double wood sheathedconstruction. These cars, as originally constructed, embody sturdymetallic under frames, including metallic side sills, metallic roofs,metallic side plates and metallic ends, but their sides are sheathedwith wood. Normal deterioration of the wooden side sheathing and theabuse thereof encountered in the use of these cars have destroyed theutility of the cars even though the metallic parts, enumerated above,are still serviceable. To resheath the sides of the cars in kind wouldmerely invite recurring relatively rapid deterioration and cause thecars to be relegated from active revenue producing service tounprofitable storage upon car sidings. This grave m problem has beensolved for the railroads in a substantial measure. The solution involvesessentially the conversion of the unproductive wood sheathed cars intosturdy long-lived revenue producing metal sheathed cars, in a facile andeconomical manner. The cost of this conversion is far less than the costof new cars inasmuch as it salvages all of the metallic parts of theoriginal cars which are still serviceable. In addition, the conversionactually enhances the revenue yield an of the cars since it permits theattainment of cars oi increased cubical capacity. This increase in thecubical capacity of the cars is obtained by increasing the inside widththereof and, if desired,

by increasing the inside height of the cars. l i It has been statedheretogre that the original cars have metallic ends and that these endsare utilized in the converted metal sheathed cars. The car ends areprovided with angularly related flanges along their vertical marginsdirected to-=' all ward the center of the car to which the woodensheathing is secured. In the conversion of thewood sheathed cars thewooden sheathing is removed and metallic sheathing substituted therefor,this sheathing being placed outwardly rela- 46 tive to the positionoccupied by the wooden sheathing in order to obtain an increase in theinside Width ofthe cars. This disposition of the metallic sheathingnecessarily positioned the vertical margins thereof at the ends of thecars out- 50 wardly oi the flanges of the car ends. Where the increasein width was relatively small the vertical margins of the metallicsheathing were crimped or offset and secured to the car end flanges.However, where the increase in inside width was sub- 55 stantiallylarge, as in the conversion of a single stacle was encountered even ifthe metallic 1o sheathing could be crimped. It was found that the innerwooden lining of the car sides which lies against the posts of the carsides was positioned outwardly of the flanges of the car ends therebyrendering the cars unacceptable to the id railroads, These projectingflanges of the car ends interfered with the loading of the car, reducedits capacity, prevented driving of nails and i was injurious to certainkinds of lading.

It is, consequently, the main object of this ingo vention to provide forthe widening of railway cars adjacent ,the ends thereof in a simple andinexpensive manner while, utilizing almost all of the metallic car ends.

Other objects are to obtain widening of railway 5 cars which will permitextension of the wooden lining of the cars continuously, uninterruptedlyand without the necessity of gaining such lining to the ends of thecars; to provide for driving of nails into the lining as far as the endsof the car andto provide complete protection of the lading in the carsagainst contact with metallic parts thereof.

With these enumerated objects and others which will hereinafter appearas the description of this invention proceeds, the invention embodiesthe novelstructure and combination of parts hereinafter described andmore particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming part of this speciflcation- Figure 1 is anelevation of substantially one half of a car side embodying the instantinvention, parts thereof being broken away to accommodate the view onthe sheet.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section showing a modifled form of theinvention.

Referring particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3 oi the drawings, thenumeral it designates a portion of. a car side wall construction, itbeing understood that the remaining portion of said car door'post I2comprises a substantially Z shaped member disposed with its web |4parallel to the car side wall, its flange l5 directed inwardly and itsflange l6 extending outwardly. Each intermediate side post I3 comprisesa Z shaped preferably structural member disposed with its web IT atright angles to the car side wall, one flange l8 lying inwardly andparallel to the car side wall and the other flange l9 disposed outwardlyin parallel relationship to the side wall. Metallic sheathing 20comprising metallic sheets such as 2| and 22 are disposed upon theoutside of and secured to the door and intermediate side posts. Thevertical margins of the metallic sheets are overlapped at the sideposts, as indicated at 23.

The upper ends of the door and intermediate side posts and the upper endof the metallic sheathing are secured to a metallic side plate 24arranged with its web 25 extending outwardly, one flange 26 directedvertically upwardly and its other flange 21 directed verticallydownwardly. The upper ends of the door and intermediate posts aresecured to the upwardly directed flange 26 by means of gusset plates 28and 29, while the upper end of the metallic sheathing is secured to thedownwardly extending flange 21 of the side plate.

At their lower ends each door post I2 is provided with angle clips30--30. Each intermediate side post |3 has secured to the lower endthereof a bracket 3|. A Z shaped member 32 is secured to the lowermargin of metallic sheathing 20 as by means of rivets 33. The Z shapedmember 32 extends continuously from the door post l2 to end of anintermediate post l3, the web 34 of the Z shaped member 32 is coped, asindiacted at 35, in order to permit extension of the attaching flanges36-36 of the brackets 3 |3| through the Z shaped member 32. Theseflanges 36--36, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings, lieupon opposite sides of the web H of the intermediate post and aresecured thereto by means of rivets 31.

The side wall construction above described may be applied as a unit to arailway car and to this end the vertical flange 38 of the bracket 3| andthe vertical depending flange 39 of the Z shaped member 32- are rivetedto the web 46 of an existing side sill 4| of a converted car or to theweb of the side sill of a new car construction. With particularreference to Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings, it will appear that by thedescribed construction, the door and intermediate side posts are spacedoutwardly of the web 40 of the side sill a substantial distance in orderto provide for an increase ln the cubical capacity of a converted car orof a new car. The roof of the car designated in its entirety by thenumeral 42 is secured to the upstanding vertical flanges 26 of the sideplates. will be clear that by virtue of the attainment of increasedcubical capacity of the car by the disposition of the door andintermediate side posts out- Referring to Figure 3 of the drawingsitwardly of the side sill, the wooden lining 43 of the car, which isdisposed against the inside of the intermediate posts, will lieoutwardly of the vertical side flanges of the car ends. One of theseends is indicated at 44 and one of the side vertical flanges thereof isindicated at 45. It is apparent in view of the disposition of the sideflange 45 of the car end that this flange projects into the car and,hence, interferes with the increase in cubical capacity adjacent theends of the car. It is apparent, moreover. that such flange would bedetrimental to the lading of the car and that it would preclude thedriving of nails into the wooden lining in order to fasten lading withinthe car.

In order to overcome the objections above enumerated, the instantinvention proposes in the considered embodiment thereof to utilize anangular member 46. This enumerate member is pref-- erably L-shaped insection and provides flanges 41 and 48. The angular member 46 extendsbetween the side plate 24 and the Z shaped member 32. The flange 41thereof is riveted to the vertical margin of the metallic sheathing 20,while the flange 48 thereof is riveted to the adjacent portion of thecar end 44, the flanges 41 and 48 being disposed in overlappingengagement with the sheathing and the car end. By virtue of thisconstruction the flanges 45 may be removed as by being burned off, asindicated at 49. so that the lining 43 for the side walls of the car maybe available for its entire length for nailing. Additionally, the endvertical marginal portion of the sheathing 20 may extend continuously ina single plane and thereby crimping or offsetting of this marginalportion is avoided. The increasein the cubical capacity of the car is,therefore, rendered uniform from end to end thereof.

In Figure 4 of the drawings there is illustrated a modified form of theinvention. The sheathing 20 is bent, as indicated at 50, in order toprovide an angularly relative flange 5| disposed in overlappingrelationship with the adjacent portion of the car end 44. By thismodified construction, one row of rivets required in the previousembodiment of the invention to secure the flange 41 of the angularmember 46 to the metallic sheathing 26 is eliminated. As in the firstdescribed embodiment of the invention, the side flange 45 of the car end44 is removed, as indicated at 49, thereby making the wooden lining 43available for the driving of nails at the ends of the lining.

While the foregoing description relates essen tially to the conversionof a wood sheathed car, it is clear that the described construction maybe utilized as readily in a new car construction. It

will also be apparent that the instant invention may be utilized wheretoo great an oflset would be required at the vertical marginal endportion of the metallic sheathing for connection with the car end, eventhough the side vertical flanges of the car end would not fall withinthe wooden linsheathed house car having originally an inside 15 widthnot greater than 8'6", metallic side sills and side plates and metalliccar ends provided with vertical side flanges, said converted house carcomprising metallic side walls and the existing side sills, each saidside wall including a metallic side plate, metallic side and door postssecured to said sill and side plate in outwardly spaced relation to saidside sill, said side and door posts being disposed outwardly of the sideflanges of said existing car ends, metallic sheathing secured to theoutside of said side and door posts and to said side plate and sill,said sheathing between said sill and side plate being spaced outwardlyof said sill and car ends and lying substantially parallel to said silland side flanges of said car ends, means for closing the space betweensaid sheathing and said sill, a wooden lining disposed against theinside of said side posts, the plane of said lining includng said sideflanges of said car ends, said side flanges being removed whereby saidlining extends continuously from each door post to said car ends and anangular metallic extension carried by said sheathing overlapping andsecured to the vertical margins of said car ends formed by the removalof said vertical side flanges.

CLARENCE H. WILLIAMSON.

